Holger Rune, the “chubby and lazy” boy who copied Djokovic to get rid of Alcaraz

Holger Rune made history on Sunday at RCT Barcelona. In 21 years he became the first Danish to conquer the Open Barcelona Sabadell-Tropheo Conde de Godóachieved by Carlos Alcaraz after beating with a good degree in a final which he was inspired by Novak djokovic.

“When we were preparing an encounter, I wondered how Djokovic would play this meeting and copied his way of competing against him in the final Olympic“He said after the game to make him a champion.

Thus combining his name with a palmraés with names such as Rafa Nadal, Manolo Santana, Manuel Orantes, Andrés Gimeno, Bjorn Borg, Roy Emerson, Ilie Nastase, Ivan Lendl or Mats Wilander In one of the best weeks of his career.

Champion of 1000 masters from Paris-Bercry in 2022, Rune is called to be a great rival by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner Fighting for the world tennis throne Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic abandoned.

However, its path since then has had more obstacles than successes. His bad head and lack of regularity became his worst enemy In some years he has been a protagonist for his tone outputs rather than the massive potential of his tennis.

Until last week, it was crowned with God. “I want to thank my family. Without them it wouldn’t be here today“It was one of his phrases during the Barcelona contest trophy’s trophy transmission ceremony.

And, really, Family influence has been decisive throughout his life. Holger started his tennis trip for three years in Denmark, where he played a ball in the house garden.

Immediately his parents, Anders and AnekeThey realized that they were facing a special talent, and not just in the racket, because as a child he also played football.

Owned by a team has their good things, but in the field of football it can do everything right and still disappear, so Eventually he chose tennis, above all because of his brother’s soul.

“Alma the best played tennis. But as he wanted to be better, every weekend in the morning he went to his room and said: ‘Wake up souls. We have to go down to play tennis’“Anneke remembered in a conversation on the ATP website.

Holger is obsessed with beating his brother. “When the game was in the odds, he made a small trapProbably a little, because we are very compelling “he jokes number 9 in the world.” We both want to win. And they were good times, because he was four people older than me, so it was natural to have it better because it started before and played more. So great for me, because I have to maintain a high level to play with it. “

Rune is also competitive outside the track, even playing cards. “I remember when they played chess and suddenly heard the noise of the blows. If Holger was defeated, he could hear the soul say: ‘Oh, no, Holger, come on!“Aneke said.

According to Alma, Rune is “quite lazy” as a child When it comes to things like physical training. Holger “Pretty chubby” and he loves the cakes. He still likes them, but as he grows up, Danish finds a sufficient ethics at work by hand of Lars Christensenwhich is still a major member of his team.

“Great work started when I was about 12 or 13 years old, and at that time he was a bit lazy and he didn’t really want to move. If he wanted to compete with the best and keep chasing his dreams, he had to move better. Every day I went, prepared exercises and he hated them and hated me when I did them“Chrisensen, one of the architects to reclaim the career of a young prodigy called to provide many war this season. Next stop: Madrid.